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Satellite view of Fords Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Fords Beach

United StatesConnecticut · United States · Pacific Ocean

41.0240, -73.5560 · Old Greenwich, 1 km

  • 23°Sea · August
  • 29°High · July
  • 8.5 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Fords Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Fords Beach in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 4.8 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month122 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 9Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Fords Beach ↗
  • 14 kmAirport: Westchester County Airport (HPN)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.9 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August23 °C
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February81 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan4°4 h81 mm
  2. Feb2°5 h81 mm
  3. Mar3°6 h100 mm
  4. Apr7°6 h102 mm
  5. May12°7 h98 mm
  6. Jun18°8 h117 mm
  7. Jul22°8 h109 mm
  8. Aug23°8 h114 mm
  9. Sep22°7 h105 mm
  10. Oct18°5 h122 mm
  11. Nov13°4 h91 mm
  12. Dec8°3 h116 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4°Feb: 2°Mar: 3°Apr: 7°May: 12°Jun: 18°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 22°Oct: 18°Nov: 13°Dec: 8°2°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -2 °C (High 2° / Low -6°)Feb: -1 °C (High 3° / Low -5°)Mar: 3 °C (High 8° / Low -2°)Apr: 9 °C (High 14° / Low 4°)May: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)Jun: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 16°)Jul: 24 °C (High 29° / Low 19°)Aug: 23 °C (High 28° / Low 18°)Sep: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 14°)Oct: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Nov: 6 °C (High 11° / Low 2°)Dec: 1 °C (High 5° / Low -2°)24°-2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 81 mm81Feb: 81 mmMar: 100 mmApr: 102 mmMay: 98 mmJun: 117 mmJul: 109 mmAug: 114 mmSep: 105 mmOct: 122 mm122Nov: 91 mmDec: 116 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.8 hFeb: 4.9 hMar: 5.6 hApr: 6.5 hMay: 6.9 hJun: 7.8 hJul: 8.5 h8.5Aug: 7.6 hSep: 6.8 hOct: 4.8 hNov: 4.2 hDec: 3.1 h3.1

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Fords Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Fords Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2-6481103.814
February3-528194.914
March8-23100115.614
April1447102116.513
May20101298136.910
June251618117137.89
July291922109138.59
Augustwarmest sea281823114137.69
September251422105106.810
October1881812294.812
November112139194.212
December5-28116103.113

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202019 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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